Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033105
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033108
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033110
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC. One dancer, wearing a mask, is kneeling.

Carving totem, inside end of bighouse [Alert Bay]

81-05-a033112
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of three men carving totem poles that would become part of the bighouse in Alert Bay, BC.

Alert Bay cemetery

81-05-a033119
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

St. Michael's Indian Residential School, Alert Bay

81-05-a033121
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of St. Michael's Indian Residential School, which stood in Alert Bay, BC until its demolition in 2015. This image shows the exterior and two thunderbird poles that stood at the entrance.

Man with carved stick, Alert Bay

81-05-a033125
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Portrait of an older man holding a carved and painted stick. The man is standing outside, likely at a gathering of some kind in Alert Bay, BC.

Salmon barbecue, Alert Bay

81-05-a033130
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a group of women preparing salmon at a barbecue. The barbecue appears to be part of a larger event. A painted sheet is visible behind the women.

Two men in ceremonial dress, Alert Bay

81-05-a033133
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Portrait of two men in ceremonial dress, one of whom is holding a carved and painted stick. The men are standing in front of a painted board and sheet, in a filed in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.

Dancers, Alert Bay

81-05-a033135
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers, Alert Bay

81-05-a033136
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

Man in mask, Alert Bay

81-05-a033139
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a man wearing a mask, at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

Young woman with headdress, Alert Bay

81-05-a033141
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a young woman wearing a carved headdress. The woman may be Mildred Laurie. The photograph was likely taken at an event in Alert Bay, BC.

Man carving in shed, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033143
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a man carving a small piece of wood in a carving shed, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Group in ceremonial dress at unidentified event

81-03-a033161
Item
[ca. 195- or 196-?]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image of a group at an unidentified outdoor event. Most of the individuals in the image are in ceremonial dress. The photograph was likely taken in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Mildred Laurie

Peggy Swabeck(?) [and salmon barbecue]

81-03-a033178
Item
[between 195- and 197-?]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of salmon being barbecued over an outdoor flame. A woman identified in annotations on the verso as Peggy Swabeck(?) is standing in the background.

Mildred Laurie